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The Asylum Process and Its Legal Stages – 4
Once the asylum decision is made, the real process begins: language courses, school, work and building ties with society. For those who are rejected, it is life in a legal gap. The final part of the series looks at what comes after the decision.
The Asylum Process and Its Legal Stages – 3
An asylum decision comes in one of three forms: recognition, subsidiary protection or rejection. After a rejection, appeal deadlines range from a few days to a few weeks, and missing a single day can mean losing your rights.
The Asylum Process and Its Legal Stages – 2
The fate of an asylum application is largely decided in the interview. What is asked from the preliminary interview through to the main interview, how credibility is assessed and the most common mistakes.
The Asylum Process and Its Legal Stages – 1
The asylum process begins with a single sentence spoken at the border or to an official authority. Lodging the application, biometric registration, the Dublin rules and safe-country lists shape the course of the first weeks.
Asylum in Europe: A Comparison Between Countries
The rules are shared, but practice differs from country to country. Waiting times, recognition rates, family reunification and reception conditions in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France, compared.
Asylum Policies: Belgium, France and Other EU Countries
For people seeking asylum from Turkey, the destination is not only Germany or the Netherlands. Belgium and France are important options, but a reception crisis and harder politics are changing the rules there too.
Asylum and Protection Policies in the Netherlands and Current Figures
In the Netherlands, the asylum debate brought down two governments, in 2023 and in 2025. A two-status system, restrictions on family reunification and a reception crisis are changing the Dutch protection regime.
From Displacement to Rebuilding: A New Migration Story
Like a tree uprooted and planted in other soil, the migrant arrives in a new country physically their age, yet starts again in language, status and past. The post-2016 wave of migration shows how this new beginning can be accelerated.
Asylum and Protection Policies in Germany and Current Figures
For thirty years Germany has been one of the European countries receiving the most asylum applications. In 2025, under the new government’s tough measures, applications halved and family reunification for people with subsidiary protection was suspended.
The European Asylum and Protection System
Europe’s asylum system rests on the Geneva Convention and common EU rules, but practice varies from country to country. While applications are falling, the backlog of pending cases remains high.
National Migration Authorities
Knowing which institution takes the decisions is half the battle in the migration process. BAMF and the foreigners’ authorities in Germany, the IND, COA and municipalities in the Netherlands, the Presidency of Migration Management in Turkey: who is responsible for what?
The Institutions Shaping Migration Policy
Migration policy is not set by national governments alone. A network of institutions, from UNHCR and IOM to the EU institutions, Frontex and the EUAA, shapes the rules a migrant will face.
